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Kristin Scott Thomas Stars in John Lewis Christmas Advert

Kristin Scott Thomas Stars in John Lewis Christmas Advert

Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Actor Kristin Scott Thomas plays a glamorous grandmother hunting for presents in this year's John Lewis Christmas advert, the retailer's 20th annual festive campaign. She is pulled along by Pickles, a talking toy dog voiced by the comedian Paul Whitehouse. The ad uses a Sam Fender cover of a Rolling Stones classic and debuts online today before reaching television screens during Coronation Street this evening.

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